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Skipper and all-rounder named Windies Player of the Year

West Indies captain Jason Holder copped the Cricket West Indies/West Indies Players Association Player of the Year award during the seventh annual CWI/WIPA Awards, held at Sandals Grand Antigua Resort and Spa in Antigua on Monday night.

Holder also won the Test Player of the Year award, having led the Windies to a Test series win over England earlier this year while Shai Hope took the ODI Player of the year trophy and Keemo Paul won the T20 Player of the Year award.

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Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams defended head coach Dennis Lawrence following home and away draws against Martinique and insisted that the national team is progressing although they have not been getting the results that he would have liked.

THE players who battled for the Under-11 and 15 titles in the recent CAREBACO (Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation) Championship in Barbados will square off again in the finals of the Solo Junior Badminton Tournament today.

Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Shamfa Cudjoe has promised Government would make a contribution to recognise Nicholas Paul’s world record ride at last week’s Pan Am Elite Track Cycling Championships in Bolivia.